2019 Taça da Liga final

The 2019 Taça da Liga Final was the final match of the 2018–19 Taça da Liga, the twelfth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 26 January 2019 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

2019 Taça da Liga Final
Event2018–19 Taça da Liga
Porto Sporting CP
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Sporting CP won 3–1 on penalties
Date26 January 2019
VenueEstádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
RefereeJoão Pinheiro
Attendance25,213

The competition involved the 32 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 14 from LigaPro – during the 2018–19 season. Reserve sides of Primeira Liga teams that played in the 2018–19 LigaPro were excluded from the competition.

Porto and Sporting CP faced off in the first final involving both teams. After a 1–1 tie, Sporting CP won the final 3–1 after a penalty shootout, thus becoming only the second team (after Benfica) in the competition's history to both defend their title and win multiple Taças da Liga.

Background

For the third consecutive season, this competition featured a final four format with both the semi-finals and the final being played over a space of a few days in the same venue. The Estádio Municipal de Braga hosted all matches. Porto had the chance to win their first Taça da Liga while Sporting CP could be the first team, other than Benfica, to both win the competition multiple times as well as successfully defend the title, having won the previous final.

Route to the final
Further information: 2018–19 Taça da Liga

Being among the top four during the 2017–18 Primeira Liga season, Porto and Sporting CP received byes directly to the third round. Only the top team in each of the four groups advanced to the final four and both teams marginally won their groups. Porto shared the top spot in group C with Chaves both in points and goal difference, the two most important tiebreakers, having only won the group by virtue of more overall goals scored. Meanwhile, Sporting CP had the same number of points in group D as both Estoril and Feirense, having had the best goal difference from the three teams. Porto played in the first semi-final against Benfica winning the match 3–1. The following day Sporting CP drew 1–1 against Braga, the host team, during the 90 minutes in the second semi-final, winning 4–3 on penalties after a series of seven penalty rounds.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).

Porto Round Sporting CP
Opponent Result Stadium First round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Second round Opponent Result Stadium
Bye Bye
Opponent Result Stadium Third round Opponent Result Stadium
Chaves 1–1 (H) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 1 Marítimo 3–1 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Varzim 4–2 (H) Estádio do Dragão Matchday 2 Estoril 1–2 (H) Estádio José Alvalade
Belenenses 2–1 (A) Estádio Nacional Matchday 3 Feirense 4–1 (A) Estádio Marcolino de Castro
Group C winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Porto 321074+37
Chaves 321052+37
Varzim 310258−33
Belenenses 300325−30
 Final standings Group D winners
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 320184+46
Estoril 320143+16
Feirense 320167–16
Marítimo 300337−40
Opponent Result Stadium Knockout phase Opponent Result Stadium
Benfica 3–1 (N) Estádio Municipal de Braga Semi-finals Braga 1–1 (4–3p) (A) Estádio Municipal de Braga

Match

Details
Porto1–1Sporting CP
  • Fernando 79'
 Report
Penalties
 1–3
Attendance: 25,213
Porto
Sporting CP
GK26Brazil Vaná
RB3Brazil Éder Militão
CB28Brazil FelipeYellow card 45'
CB33Portugal Pepe
LB13Brazil Alex Telles
RM17Mexico Jesús CoronaYellow card 25'downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM16Mexico Héctor Herrera (c)
CM10Spain Óliver TorresYellow card 68'downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
LM8Algeria Yacine Brahimi
CF11Mali Moussa MaregaYellow card 90+3'
CF21Portugal André Pereiradownward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutes:
GK1Spain Iker Casillas
DF12Portugal Wilson Manafá
DF19Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba
MF6Portugal Bruno Costa
MF22Portugal Danilo Pereiraupward-facing green arrow 82'
FW7Portugal Hernâniupward-facing green arrow 90+4'
FW37Brazil Fernandoupward-facing green arrow 64'
Manager:
Portugal Sérgio Conceição
GK40Brazil Renan RibeiroYellow card 90+6'
RB13North Macedonia Stefan RistovskiYellow card 66'
CB6Portugal André PintoYellow card 29'downward-facing red arrow 53'
CB4Uruguay Sebastián Coates
LB9Argentina Marcos AcuñaYellow card 35'downward-facing red arrow 45'
RM21Brazil Raphinha
CM86Serbia Nemanja Gudeljdownward-facing red arrow 83'
CM37Brazil Wendel
LM8Portugal Bruno FernandesYellow card 90+5'
CF17Portugal Nani (c)Yellow card 45'
CF28Netherlands Bas Dost
Substitutes:
GK19France Romain Salin
DF5Brazil Jeffersonupward-facing green arrow 45'
MF25Serbia Radosav PetrovićYellow card 86'upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF90Portugal Miguel Luís
FW23Mali Abdoulay Diabyupward-facing green arrow 83'
FW29Brazil Luiz Phellype
FW77Cape Verde Jovane Cabral
Manager:
Netherlands Marcel Keizer

Man of the match

Assistant referees:
Nuno Eiras
Paulo Vieira
Fourth official:
Manuel Mota
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins
Assistant video assistant referee:
Pedro Mota

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. Brahimi não recebeu prémio de MVP da Allianz Cup por indicação do FC Porto https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/brahimi-nao-recebeu-premio-de-mvp-da-allianz-cup-por-indicacao-do-fc-porto?ref=Fora%20de%20Campo_2BlocoAreasemDestaques
  2. FC Porto impede Brahimi de receber prémio da Taça da Liga https://bancada.pt/futebol/portugal/fc-porto-impede-brahimi-de-receber-premio-da-taca-da-liga
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